Fatima, Portugal (1917)
Title: Our Lady of Fatima / Our Lady of the Rosary
Feast Day: May 13th
Investigated: 1919
First Apparition: May 13, 1917
Approved: October 13, 1930 (Dom Jose Alves Correia da Silva, Bishop of the Diocese of Leiria-Fatima)
Last Apparition: October 13, 1917
Visionaries: Lucia dos Santos (9), Jacinta Marto (8), Francisco Marto (7)
Number of Apparitions: 6
Miracles &Signs: Dancing Sun, Healings, Conversion of Russia, Incorruptible body of Jacinta.
Summary: While tending sheep, Lucia de Santos and her two cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, reported six apparitions of Mary, who identified herself as "Our Lady of the Rosary." Mary urged prayer of the rosary, penance for the conversion of sinners and consecration of Russia to her Immaculate Heart.
The Messages of Fatima
- Messages of an Angel (1916)
- Messages of Our Lady (1917)•
- Additional Visions of Jacinta (1919-1920)
- Additional Visions of Lucia (1925 -1936)
▶ MESSAGES OF AN ANGEL (1916)
Summer of 1916:
The angel appeared again and said, "Pray, Pray a great deal. The Hearts of Jesus and Mary have merciful designs on you. Offer prayers and sacrifices continually to the Most High. Make everything you do a sacrifice, and offer it as an act of reparation for the sins by which God is offended, and as a petition for the conversion of sinners. Bring peace to our country in this way ... I am the Guardian Angel of Portugal. Accept and bear with submission all the sufferings the Lord will send you."
Fall of 1916:
The angel appeared to the children and prostrated himself on the ground before a vision of a chalice and host and said, "Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore Thee profoundly. I offer Thee the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the Tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifferences whereby He is offended. And through the infinite merits of His most Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of Thee the conversion of poor sinners."
▶ MESSAGES OF OUR LADY (1917)
Sunday, May 13, 1917
Our Lady: "Do not be afraid. I will do you no harm."
Lucia: "Where are you from?"
Our Lady: "I am from Heaven."
Lucia: "What do you want of us?"
Our Lady:
"I came to ask you to come here on the thirteenth day for six months at this same time, and then I will tell you who I am and what I want. And afterwards, I will return here a seventh time."
Lucia: "Will I go to Heaven?"
Our Lady: "Yes, you will."
Lucia: "And Jacinta?"
Our Lady: "She also."
Lucia: "And Francisco? Will he go to Heaven too?"
Our Lady: "Yes, but first he must say many rosaries."
Our Lady: "Would you like to offer yourselves to God to accept all the sufferings which He may send to you in reparation for the countless sins by which He is offended and in supplication for the conversionof sinners?
Lucia: "Yes."
Our Lady: "Then you will have much to suffer, but the grace of God will be your comfort."
All Three: "O Most Holy Trinity I adore Thee. My God, my God, I love Thee in the Most Blessed Sacrament."
Wednesday, June 13, 1917
Lucia: "My Lady, what do you want of me?"
Our Lady: "I want you to come on the thirteenth day of next month and to pray the Rosary every day and I want you to learn to read."
Lucia: (Lucia asked for the cure of a sick person.)
Our Lady: "If she is converted, she will be cured within a year."
Lucia: "I want you to take us to Heaven."
Our Lady: "Yes, I will take Francisco and Jacinta soon, but you must remain on earth for some time. Jesus wishes to use you to make me better known and loved. He wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart."
Lucia: "Must I stay here all alone?"
Our Lady: "No, my child, and would that make you suffer? Do not be disheartened. My Immaculate Heart will never abandon you, but will be your refuge and the way that will lead you to God."
Saturday, July 13, 1917
Lucia: "What do you want of me?"
Our Lady: "I want you to come on the thirteenth day of next month and to continue to pray the Rosary every day in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary, in order to obtain peace for the world and the end of the war for she alone can help."
Lucia: "I would like to ask who you are and to perform a miracle so that people will believe that you are appearing to us."
Our Lady: "Continue to come here every month. In October I will tell you who I am and what I want. And I will perform a miracle so that everyone may see and believe."
Lucia:(Lucia then submitted petitions and prayer requests for Our Lady to present to God)
Our Lady: ( Our Lady gave some responses to Lucia)
Lucia: "Yes, she wants people to recite the Rosary. People must recite the Rosary."
Our Lady: "Sacrifice yourselves for sinners and say often, especially when you make some sacrifice, 'O my Jesus, this is for love of You, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for the offenses committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.' "
(At this point the children see a terrifying vision of Hell.)
Our Lady: "You saw Hell where the souls of poor sinners go. In order to save them, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If people do what I ask, many souls will be saved and there will be peace.
"The war is going to end. But if people do not stop offending God, another, even worse one will begin in the reign of Pius XI. When you shall see a night illuminated by an unknown light know that this is the great sign that God gives you that He is going to punish the world for its many crimes by means of war, hunger, and persecution of the Church and the Holy Father. To prevent it, I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart and the Communion of reparation on the first Saturdays.
"If people attend to my requests, Russia will be converted and the world will have peace. If not, she [Russia] will scatter her errors throughout the world, provoking wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have much to suffer, and various nations will be destroyed.
"In the end my Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me; it will be converted, and a certain period of peace will be granted to the world. In Portugal the dogmas of the Faith will always be kept"
[At this point Lucia and Jacinta are given the Third Secret that was eventually given to the Pope]. "Do not tell this to anyone. Francisco ... yes, you may tell him" [Lucia and Jacinta both saw and heard Our Lady but Francisco only saw the apparitions].
"When you say the Rosary, say after each mystery: O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of Hell and lead all souls to Heaven, especially those most in need."
Lucia: "Do you want anything more of me?"
Our Lady: "No, today I want nothing else of you."
Lucia: "There she goes! There she goes!. Now you can't see her anymore."
Monday, August 13, 1917
The children received no messages on this day because they were detained by the authorities. Crowds who came to be with the children made claims of a soft light and fragrances in the area where Our Lady had appeared previously.
Sunday, August 19, 1917
Our Lady: "Pray, pray a great deal and make many sacrifices for many souls go to Hell because they have no one to make sacrifices and to pray for them."
"St. Joseph too will come with the Holy Child to bring peace to the world. Our Lord will also come to bless the people. Our Lady of the Rosary and Our Lady of Sorrows will come too."
Thursday, September 13, 1917
Lucia: "You must pray!"
"What do you want of me?"
Our Lady:
"Continue to pray the Rosary every day in order to obtain the end of the war. In October Our Lord will come, and Our Lady of Sorrows and of Mount Carmel and St. Joseph with the Child Jesus to bless the world. God is pleased with your sacrifices, but He does not want you to sleep with the rope on; wear it only during the day."
Lucia: "People have begged me to ask you many things. The cure of some sick persons, of a deaf mute ..."
Our Lady: "Some I will cure, others not. In October I shall perform a miracle so that everyone may believe."
Lucia: "If you wish to see her look in that direction."
Saturday, October 13, 1917
Lucia: "Put down your umbrellas everyone!"
"Kneel down. Our Lady is coming! I have seen the flash!"
"What do you want of me?"
Our Lady: "I am the Lady of the Rosary, I have come to warn the faithful to amend their lives and ask for pardon for their sins. They must not offend Our Lord any more, for He is already too grievously offended by the sins of men. People must say the Rosary. Let them continue saying it everyday."
"I would like a chapel built here in my honor."
"The war will end soon."
Lucia: "Look at the sun!"
[ The rain had stopped and the black clouds parted and the sun began to whirl in the sky, scattering rays of multicolored light and lighting up the entire countryside. The sun whirled for three minutes, stopped and, then, resumed again a second and third time lasting a total of twelve minutes. The sun spun faster each time and at the end seemed to tear itself from the sky and began plunging to earth. The crowd was on their knees, terrified, asking pardon for their sins fearing that the end of the world was at hand. At the last moment the sun halted its descent and returned to its normal position. The miracle ended with the rain soaked earth and people's clothes now being completely dry. There were many reported healings. The miracle was seen over a 600 square mile area. The Portugal newspaper reporters gave long and detailed accounts but newspapers in most other countries ignored the story. As the crowd was witnessing the miracle of the sun, the children saw visions of the Holy Family, Jesus, Joseph and Mary. They also saw Our Lord carrying His cross with His Mother, Our Lady of Sorrows. Lucia also saw Our Lady of Mount Carmel who signifies the triumph over suffering.]
▶ ADDITIONAL VISIONS OF JACINTA (1919-1920)
Our Lady: "The sins of the world are very great ... If men only knew what eternity is, they would do everything in their power to change their lives." "You must pray much for sinners and priests and religious."
"Priests must be pure, very pure. They should not busy themselves with anything except what concerns the Church and souls. The disobedience of priests and religious to their superiors and to the Holy Father gravely displeases Our Lord."
"Fly from riches and luxury; love poverty and silence; have charity, even for bad people."
"More souls go to Hell because of sins of the flesh than for any other reason."
"Certain fashions will be introduced that will offend Our Lord very much."
"The Mother of God wants more virgin souls bound by the vow of chastity."
"Woe to women wanting in modesty."
"Confession is a sacrament of mercy and we must confess with joy and trust."
"Many marriages are not of God and do not please Our Lord."
"Let men avoid greed, lies, envy, blasphemy, impurity."
"Never speak ill of anyone. Never complain or murmur. Be very patient, for patience leads us to Heaven."
"Our Lady can no longer uphold the arm of her Divine Son which will strike the world. If people amend their lives, Our Lord will even now save the world, but if they do not, punishment will come."
"If the government of a country leaves the Church in peace and gives liberty to our Holy Religion, it will be blessed by God."
"Tell everybody that God gives graces through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Tell them to ask graces from her, and that the Heart of Jesus wishes to be venerated together with the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Ask them to plead for peace from the Immaculate Heart of Mary, for the Lord has confided the peace of the world to her."
▶ ADDITIONAL VISIONS OF LUCIA
December 10, 1925
Christ Child: "Have compassion on the heart of your Most Holy Mother, covered with thorns, with which ungrateful men pierce it at every moment, and there is no one to make an act of reparation to remove them."
Our Lady: "Look my daughter, at my Heart, surrounded with thorns with which ungrateful men pierce me at every moment by their blasphemies and ingratitude. You at least try to console me and say that I promise to assist at the hour of death, with the graces necessary for salvation, all those who, on the first Saturday of five consecutive months, shall confess, receive Holy Communion, recite five decades of the Rosary, and keep me company for fifteen minutes while meditating on the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary, with the intention of making reparation to me."
Christ Child: "And have you spread through the world what our heavenly Mother requested of you?
Lucia: "My Jesus, You know very well what my confessor said to me in the letter I read to You. He told me that it was necessary for this vision to be repeated, for further happenings to prove its credibility, and he added that Mother Superior, on her own, could do nothing to propagate this devotion."
Christ Child: "It is true that your Superior alone can do nothing, but with My grace she can do all. It is enough that your confessor gives you permission and that your Superior speak of it, for it to be believed, even without people knowing to whom it has been revealed."
Lucia: "But my confessor said in the letter that this devotion is not lacking in the world, because there are many souls who receive You on the First Saturdays, in honor of Our Lady and of the fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary."
Christ Child: "It is true My daughter, that many souls begin the First Saturdays, but few finish them, and those who do complete them do so in order to receive the graces that are promised thereby. It would please Me more if they did Five with fervor and with the intention of making reparation to the Heart of your heavenly Mother, than if they did Fifteen, in a tepid and indifferent manner...."
[ Lucia placed before Jesus the difficulty that some people had about confessing on Saturdays, and asked that if it might be valid to go to confession within eight days.]
"Yes, and it could be longer still, provided that, when they receive Me, they are in the state of grace and have the intention of making reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary."
Lucia: "My Jesus, what about those who forget to make this intention?"
Christ Child: "They can do so at their next confession, taking advantage of the first opportunity to go to confession."
December 17, 1927
Jesus: "My daughter, write what they... [her spiritual director] ... ask of you. Write also all that the most holy Virgin revealed to you in the Apparition in which she spoke of this devo tion. As for the remainder of the Secret, continue to keep silence."
June 13, 1929
I had requested and obtained permission from my superiors and my confessor to make a holy hour from 11:00 p.m. to midnight, from Thursday to Friday of each week.
Finding myself alone one night, I knelt down near the Communion rail, in the middle of the chapel, to recite the prayers of the Angel, lying prostrate ... Feeling tired, I got up and continued to recite them with my arms in the form of a cross. The only light was that of the [sanctuary] lamp.
Suddenly, the whole chapel lit up with a supernatural light and on the altar appeared a cross of light which reached the ceiling. In a clearer light, on the upper part of the cross, could be seen the face of a man with His body to the waist, on His chest a dove, equally luminous; and nailed to the cross, the body of another man. A little below the waist [of Christ on the cross], suspended in the air, could be seen a Chalice and a large Host, onto which some drops of Blood were falling, which flowed from the face of the Crucified One and from the wound in His breast. Running down over the Host, these drops fell into the Chalice.
Under the right arm of the cross was Our Lady with Her Immaculate Heart in Her hand ... (She appeared as Our Lady of Fatima, with Her Immaculate Heart in Her left hand, without sword or roses, but with a crown of thorns and flames) under the left arm [of the cross], in large letters, like crystalline water which flowed over the altar, forming these words: "Grace and Mercy". I understood that the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity was shown to me, and I received lights about this mystery which I am not permitted to reveal.
Our Lady: "The moment has come in which God asks the Holy Father, in union with all the bishops of the world, to make the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart, promising to save it by this means. There are so many souls whom the Justice of God condemns for sins committed against me, that I have come to ask reparation: sacrifice yourself for this intention and pray."
Jesus: "They did not wish to heed My request. Like the King of France, they will regret it and then do it, but it will be late. Russia will already have spread her errors throughout the world, provoking wars and persecutions against the Church. The Holy Father will have much to suffer."
1933
Our Lord communicated to Lucia that He was displeased that His requests had not been attended to.
Undated but prior to May 18, 1936
Lucia: "Why would you not convert Russia without the Holy Father making the consecration?"
Jesus: "Because I want My whole Church to acknowledge that consecration as a triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary so that it may extend its cult later on and put the devotion of the Immaculate Heart besides the devotion to My Sacred Heart."
Lucia: "But my God, the Holy Father probably will not believe me unless You Yourself move him with a special inspiration."
Jesus: "The Holy Father, pray much for the Holy Father. He will do it, but it will be late. Nevertheless, the Immaculate Heart of Mary will save Russia. It has been entrusted to her."
SOURCE: MiracleHunter.com